POZnan*. 0 - 2 Widzew.Ł (380388934)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18928 at CAMP NOU today. Ali Fuat Gülören was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kenneth H. Fredriksson and Lino Sá. POZnan*. tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Starters: Ruevski - Raś, Isomaa, Wohltorf, Gehrmann - Di Gianfrancesco, Połoński, Kretl - Oliveira, Stronczek, Małecki.

Widzew.Ł started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Cruz - Sáez Gutiérrez, Isnard, Batista, Rodrigues - Kos, Siikaoja, Gommers, Bustos, Berniz - Zielaskiewicz.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of POZnan*.. It was an obvious ambition of Widzew.Ł to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Widzew.Ł were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 3 minutes into the match, and C. Isnard wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Widzew.Ł had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 14 minutes played, Widzew.Ł put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was C. Gommers. After 24 minutes Widzew.Ł's A. Sáez Gutiérrez contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Widzew.Ł's A. Sáez Gutiérrez was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 26 minutes. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Widzew.Ł, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

M. Ruevski got a fingertip on J. Kos's shot from the left 49 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. 58 minutes into the game POZnan*. managed a counterattack, but J. Isomaa took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. Still ahead in the game after 60 minutes, Widzew.Ł made some tactical adjustments. A. Bustos and E. Siikaoja swapped positions. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Widzew.Ł, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, E. Siikaoja would have put Widzew.Ł up another goal 77 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Widzew.Ł claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

POZnan*.'s top performer was clearly R. Oliveira. M. Ruevski on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Widzew.Ł player was P. Zielaskiewicz. M. Cruz was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.